These pictures are of the former Nelson Head Lighthouse. It is on the headland between Nelson's Bay and Shoal Bay. This is on Port Stephens, NE of Newcastle. I understand that it was a "sectored" light, showing different colours in different directions, that is different colours in different parts of the bay. The small navigation light attached to the building also appears to be sectored.
The room that contained the light in now part of a museum.
All photographs were taken using a Praktica MTL3 (SLR camera) with a Fuji 50mm, f1.4 lens. The film was Kodak Portra VC 160 (Professional) Colour Print Film.
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| Taken from the side, as you approach form the car-parking. |
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| Taken from the front (water side). |
 | The light room, with the new lamp housing on the front. |
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| Inside the old light room, showing various instruments. This is open during the daytime. |
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| Details of the new lamps. | |
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| The new RVCP base, behind the bulding. It is open to visitors. | An old whale-bone, used as a memorial. |
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| The view, showing the northern headland, with a (disused?) direction-finding antenna in the foreground. |
Lighthouse books and calendars.
Back to list of my Lighthouse pages.
Grant and Tracey's Nelson Head page.
Port Stephens RVCP Homepage, Radio Base & Location .